MORE SUBSTANTIVELY: Howard Wasserman asks about the real legal issues in this dispute. I don’t know enough about the relevant privacy rules, but it seems to me that some of the various allegations could be libelous if untrue. Does that mean the Leiter-Campos death match could end up in court? I don’t think we have enough popcorn for that.

Aside from any legal issues, it is surprising to me that no one from The Faculty Lounge has sought to clear the air on whether identifying information about anonymous or pseudonymous commenters was shared with third parties. TFL provides a valuable forum for discussion of many issues, particularly those related to legal academia (see, e.g. here), and it would be a shame to see such discussion chilled due to unfounded fears that some at TFL would not respect the privacy of forum participants. If no such information was shared, folks at TFL should say so, and if such information was shared, it seems to me those responsible should provide some sort of explanation.

ANOTHER UPDATE: The Faculty Lounge bloggers posted Monday that they never shared identifying information with Brian Leiter.